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Intel to Phase Out its Core 2 Quad Q6600 Processor Next Year
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... Source: DigiTimes
Intel Plans to Axe Core 2 Quad Q6600 in First Quarter of 2009
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For a long while, Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor remained a popular choice in the DIY community. The 2.4GHz chip, helped in part by an aggressive round of price-cuts, brought quad-core computing to the mainstream. It became even more popular when Intel released the G0 stepping, which ushered in lower temps and higher overclocking potential. But there's no looking in the rear-view mirror for Intel, and with the chip maker's Core i7 stepping into the limelight, it's come time to retire the aging 65nm Q6600. Citing un-named sources at PC vendors, DigiTimes reports that Intel ...
Intel to discontinue Q6600 and introduce Q9200, Q9400, Q9550
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Changes in the CPU landscape Digitimes reports that Intel is planning to phase out the Core 2 Quad Q6600 in Q1/09, which will likely lead to some great deals on Q6600 based computers already in the channel. ...
Intel Core 2 Q6600 gets phased out in Q1 2009
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... DigiTimes reports the popular 65nm Q6600 processor will be phased out in the first quarter of 2009: Intel is planning to start phasing out the 65nm Core 2 Quad Q6600 in the first quarter of 2009, prompting several PC and channel vendors to start planning to cut Q6600-product prices to clear their inventory before the end of this year, according to sources at PC vendors.
Intel will issue a product discontinuance notice for the Q6600 in the first quarter next year, and call end-of-lifecycle in the second quarter. ...
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... for enthusiast motherboards DigiTimes reports Intel to phase out Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU in Q1 09 Jepsen works to raise laptop battery life to ...
Core 2 Quad Q6600 to come down in price, retire
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... 6:00 AM on November 28, 2008 Intel will retire its most affordable quad-core processor early next yearand the CPU might become even more affordable just before vanishing off the market altogether, according to DigiTimes. The Taiwanese news site says Intel will issue a discontinuation notice for the Core 2 Quad Q6600 next quarter. Industry insiders reportedly expect "several" PC vendors and distributors to cut prices in a bid to clear inventory before the year's end. Right now, Intel's ...
Intel to phase out Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor
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Intel is planning to start phasing out the 65nm Core 2 Quad Q6600 in the first quarter of 2009, prompting several PC and channel vendors to start planning to cut Q6600-product prices to clear their inventory before the end of this year, according to sources at PC vendors. Intel will issue a product discontinuance notice for the Q6600 in the first quarter next year, and call end-of-lifecycle in the second quarter. More here at Digitimes . ...
